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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the leaders in Chelm not want the people to do one of the things they highly enjoy?
(a) They will see the snow.
(b) They will not agree with their plan.
(c) It will trample the snow.
(d) They will get cold.

2. What is there NOT included in the room made to look like paradise?
(a) Water.
(b) Something to do.
(c) Food.
(d) A bed.

3. How many men are called to carry the messenger?
(a) Five.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

4. What do the doctors pronounce Atzel to be when he wants to go to paradise?
(a) Insane.
(b) Dead.
(c) Starved.
(d) Alive.

5. What does the strange man in "Grandmother's Tale" NOT have?
(a) A heart.
(b) A home.
(c) A shadow.
(d) A reflection.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who told Atzel about paradise?

2. What do Atzel and the orphan girl pretend to be when they were children?

3. Why does Gronam think the snow is something aside from snow?

4. What creatures appear as the strange man spins around in the house?

5. What is the name of the orphan girl?

Short Essay Questions

1. What strange thing did the children notice while the strange man was playing with them?

2. What do the Elders decide to do during the next snow after seeing what happened?

3. Why did the children keep playing with the strange man after they noticed something strange happening?

4. What did the strange man do after the children realized who he really was?

5. What causes Atzel to change his ideas while he is in paradise?

6. What does Atzel do on his first days in paradise, and how does he feel about this?

7. Who is called to carry Gimpel to deliver the message about staying in their houses?

8. What is the rhyme at the end of "Grandmother's Tale"?

9. What happened to show the children who the strange man really was?

10. What does Gronam notice about the Hanukkah snow?

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